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Russian envoy teases deal with U.S. for Russia-Alaska underwater tunnel
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy said the country and the U.S. will sign an agreement to design an underwater tunnel connecting Russia’s Chukotka region to Alaska across the Bering Strait.
Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI
It was perhaps a surprising private overture from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Jamaica scrambles to restore power after rare islandwide blackout
Jamaica's national electricity provider said it was racing to restore service early Saturday, after an outage left the entire island without power overnight.
Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn't expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a big part of the effort to stop its flesh-eating larvae from threatening the $113 U.S. billion cattle industry.
McDonald’s to test AI drive-thru system at five locations
McDonald's announced this week that it is piloting a new artificial intelligence-powered operating system called ArchIQ, including a voice-based drive-thru assistant, as part of a broader business strategy unveiled at its Worldwide Convention in Las Vegas.
Limited interest in latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Two corporations bid on a handful of leases during the latest oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, a showing critics described as tepid but one that further opens the door to possible development in the pristine region.
